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Kyrgyz soldiers take part in the joint military exercises of Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian nations, members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), at the Ala-Too training ground, some 20 km outside the capital Bishkek. CSTO is the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a regional grouping that Moscow has touted as a counterweight to NATO and includes Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Kyrgyz soldiers take part in the joint military exercises of Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian nations, members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), at the Ala-Too training ground, some 20 km outside the capital Bishkek. CSTO is the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a regional grouping that Moscow has touted as a counterweight to NATO and includes Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. (Getty Images)

Kyrgyz soldiers take part in the joint military exercises of Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian nations, members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), at the Ala-Too training ground, some 20 km outside the capital Bishkek. CSTO is the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a regional grouping that Moscow has touted as a counterweight to NATO and includes Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.